(1885-1930) British writer. Born David Herbert Lawrence, he became famous as a novelist, critic, poet, and painter. He was one of the greatest 20th-century British writers, even though "Lady Chatterly's Lover" was especially controversial and banned as pornographic. Read more about the life and works of D.H. Lawrence.
1. D. H. Lawrence: The Married Man
by Brenda Maddox. Simon & Schuster. From the publisher: "Maddox presents a richly detailed and startlingly new portrait of D. H. Lawrence: not the bearded prophet with the baleful eye, not the sickly and self-absorbed sexual outlaw, but a vulnerable, sensitive Lawrence, a hilarious mimic, a lover of nature, an inspired teacher, a brilliant journalist, an ecological visionary, and above all--as he saw himself--a married man."
2. Body of Truth: D. H. Lawrence: The Nomadic Years, 1919-1930
by Philip Callow. Dee, Ivan R. Publisher. From the publisher: This book is the account of Lawrence's last years--his tempestuous relationship with Frieda and his almost continuos travels between New Mexico, Europe, and England."3. D. H. Lawrence: A Biography
Jeffrey Meyers. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. From the publisher: "The author of a distinguished biography of Ernest Hemingway brings his superb gifts for research and narrative to a writer of comparable importance, whose life was driven toward extremes of passion and violence. Meyers does justice to the English novelist's celebrations of human sexuality and his sometimes scandalous relationships."4. Living at the Edge: A Biography of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda Von Richthofen
by Michael Squires, and Lynn K. Talbot. University of Wisconsin Press. From the publisher: "Living at the Edge follows the separate lives of Lawrence and Frieda up to their first meeting in 1912. Tracing their new life together, it depicts their grateful escape from the English Midlands; their discovery of exotic places where they made temporary homes - Italy, Cornwall, Australia, New Mexico, and Mexico; Lawrence's courageous battle against illness..."5. Writing the Body in D.H. Lawrence
by Paul Poplawski. Greenwood Publishing. From the publisher: "One of Lawrence's main concerns in his art was to explore and experiment with new ways of writing about the body. But with one or two notable exceptions, few critics have systematically interrogated the broader ramifications of this concern, especially in terms of contemporary theoretical debates about language, representation, and sexuality."6. Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling With D.H. Lawrewnce
by Geoff Dyer. North Point Press. From the publisher: "At times a furious repudiation of the act of writing itself, this is not so much a book about Lawrence as a book about writing a book about Lawrence. Accompanied by his ever-patient almost-wife, Laura, Dyer hits the Lawrence trail--Taormina, Taos, Oaxaca, and Eastwood-with absolutely disastrous (and hilarious) results."7. The Savage Pilgrimage: A Narrative of D. H. Lawrence
by Catherine Carswell, and John Carswell (Introduction). Cambridge University Press. From the publisher: ["The Savage Pilgrim"] was the first substantial biography of Lawrence, written by a close friend from direct knowledge, full of first-hand information, very sympathetic and understanding."8. A Preface to D. H. Lawrence
by Gamini Salgado. Pearson. From the publisher: "D.H. Lawrence, criticized, censored and dismissed in his early lifetime, now stands as one of the major imaginative novelists of the early-twentieth century. Clear, vivid and convincing, Gamini Salgado's introduction to the life and works of D.H. Lawrence sets the writer firmly in the context of his times."9. D. H. Lawrence: Self and Sexuality
by James C. Cowan. Ohio State University Press. From the publisher: "Turning to several problematic issues of sexuality in Lawrence, the author first discusses a number of Lawrence's sexual fallacies and personal and cultural issues. Cowan also considers contrasting idealized and negative presentations of Mellors and Sir Clifford Chatterley in Lady Chatterley's Lover, and the theme of the 'loss of desire' sequence of poems in Pansies."10. Son and Lover: The Young D. H. Lawrence
by Philip Callow. Dee, Ivan R. Publisher. From the publisher: "A skillful biography focusing on D.H. Lawrence's developing consciousness during his childhood and youth in the English Midlands, his university days, his elopement with Frieda, and his departure from England in 1919."